Anthony James Cotton is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who last served as the 12th commander of the United States Strategic Command from 9 December 2022 to 5 December 2025. He previously served as the commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command from 27 August 2021 to 7 December 2022, having served as the deputy commander from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, he was the president of the Air University.